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T. Drissell: Find another way to celebrate than with fireworks

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06/25/2013 01:00:00 AM MDT

Whatever media source you use to get your news and stay connected, you cannot have escaped the stories of the raging wildfires burning all over Colorado. The damage and devastation is horrific. Stop for a minute and imagine, really imagine, what it would be like to lose everything you own and love. Imagine the area you've chosen to live in and the place you've nurtured and loved gone, burned down to nothing but unrecognizable blackened ash.

So when you drive by the fireworks stands, which are popping up around town, some ironically not far from "Fire Ban" signs, please keep driving. You say the Fourth of July isn't a fourth without fireworks? I'm sure there's an app for that. Even though the sale of the merchandise is legal, the fire ban includes using them. Most fireworks require an ignition source, and that means the potential to start a devastating wildfire.

The Boulder County Sheriff's Department informed me that it is up to the individual person who buys the fireworks to ensure that she/he doesn't start a fire. Right. I suggest a ban on the sale of fireworks would be a more credible solution. But if it's up to those buyers, please "buyer beware." Find another way to celebrate our national independence.

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